Course at a Glance
The course Neurophysiology of the sensory systems and multisensory integration will review the main functional characteristics and the anatomical and physiological bases of the visual and motor systems. The course will also cover recent advances in selected topics. See the synopsis and the syllabus for more details. The course is organized by the U-VIP group at the Italian Institute of Technology.
Instructors
Monica Gori -- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) , monica.gori@iit.it
Hours and Credits
8 hours 3 credits
Synopsis
From birth, we interact with the world through our senses and movements. How the brain process and transform sensory signals into perceptions and in turn organise the motor output is a major research question in Experimental Psychology and Neuroscience. The goal of the course is to present the perceptual and motor systems from the anatomical, physiological and functional points of view. A particular focus will be on how physical stimuli are transduced into sensory signals by our peripheral sensory apparatus, as well as how the
motor hierarchy organize complex behavior. In the last part of the course, these topics will be described in relation with cross-sensory interaction and multisensory integration in the adult and the developing brain.
Syllabus
- class 1 (C1) Visual system I.
- class 2 (C2) Visual system II.
- class 3 (C3) Sensory and motor development.
- class 4 (C4) Multisensory Integration and Cross-Sensory Interactions.
Final exam
There will be a final examination decided by the instructors.
Prerequisites
None
Reading List
- Kandel, Eric R.; Schwartz, James Harris; Jessell, Thomas M. (2000) [1981], Principles ofNeural Science (Fourth ed.), New York: McGraw-Hill.
- Sensation & Perception, by Jeremy M. Wolfe, Rachel S. Herz, Roberta L. Klatzky, Linda M.Bartoshuk
Venue
The course will be held at IIT (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia), Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova
Course dates
The course will be held on September, 2017
- Docente: MONICA GORI